I am trying to set up Castle Windsor with ASP.NET WebAPI.
I am also using the Hyprlinkr package (https://github.com/ploeh/Hyprlinkr) and so need an instance of HttpRequestMessage injected in to one of the dependencies of my controller.
I am following this article by Mark Seemann - http://blog.ploeh.dk/2012/04/19/WiringHttpControllerContextWithCastleWindsor.aspx , but I am finding that although the API runs, when I make a call to it, the request just hangs. No error message. It’s as if it’s in an infinite loop. It’s hanging on the call to Resolve in my Custom ControllerActivator
I am thinking I have some of my Castle registrations wrong. If I remove the ones mentioned in the article above then I can successfully make a call to the API (albeit without the dependacies I need getting resolved)
Any ideas?
Code is Below
//Global.asax
public class WebApiApplication : HttpApplication
{
private readonly IWindsorContainer container;
public WebApiApplication()
{
container =
new WindsorContainer(
new DefaultKernel(
new InlineDependenciesPropagatingDependencyResolver(),
new DefaultProxyFactory()),
new DefaultComponentInstaller());
container.Install(new DependencyInstaller());
}
protected void Application_Start()
{
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services.Replace(typeof(IHttpControllerActivator), new WindsorCompositionRoot(this.container));
}
// installer
public class DependencyInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.AddFacility<TypedFactoryFacility>();
container.Register(
Component.For<ValuesController>()
.Named("ValuesController")
.LifeStyle.PerWebRequest,
Component.For<IResourceLinker>()
.ImplementedBy<RouteLinker>()
.LifeStyle.PerWebRequest,
Component.For<IResourceModelBuilder>()
.ImplementedBy<ResourceModelBuilder>()
.LifeStyle.PerWebRequest,
Component.For<HttpRequestMessage>()
.Named("HttpRequestMessage")
.LifeStyle.PerWebRequest
);
}
}
//Activator
public class WindsorCompositionRoot : IHttpControllerActivator
{
private readonly IWindsorContainer container;
public WindsorCompositionRoot(IWindsorContainer container)
{
this.container = container;
}
public IHttpController Create(
HttpRequestMessage request,
HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor,
Type controllerType)
{
var controller = (IHttpController)this.container.Resolve(controllerType, new { request = request });
request.RegisterForDispose(
new Release(
() => this.container.Release(controller)));
return controller;
}
// DependencyResolver
public class InlineDependenciesPropagatingDependencyResolver : DefaultDependencyResolver
{
protected override CreationContext RebuildContextForParameter(CreationContext current, Type parameterType)
{
if (parameterType.ContainsGenericParameters)
{
return current;
}
return new CreationContext(parameterType, current, true);
}
}
EDIT*********** ADDITIONAL INFO****************
So I set up a scenario where the controller just takes a HttpRequestMessage as a ctor argument and found :
This works:
//controller
public class ValuesController : ApiController
{
private readonly HttpRequestMessage _httpReq;
public ValuesController(HttpRequestMessage httpReq)
{
_httpReq = httpReq;
}
//IHttpControllerActivator
public IHttpController Create(
HttpRequestMessage httpRequest,
HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor,
Type controllerType)
{
var controller = (IHttpController)this.container.Resolve(
controllerType, new { httpReq = httpRequest });
return controller;
However, this Doesn't.
//controller
public class ValuesController : ApiController
{
private readonly HttpRequestMessage _httpReq;
public ValuesController(HttpRequestMessage request)
{
_httpReq = request;
}
//IHttpControllerActivator
public IHttpController Create(
HttpRequestMessage request,
HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor,
Type controllerType)
{
var controller = (IHttpController)this.container.Resolve(
controllerType, new { request = request });
return controller;
i.e. when the anon object has a property called "request" and the controller ctor arg is called "request". It is somehow making the controller think it's request property is null. Which is what causes the error I see:
Cannot reuse an 'ApiController' instance. 'ApiController' has to be constructed per incoming message. Check your custom 'IHttpControllerActivator' and make sure that it will not manufacture the same instance.
at System.Web.Http.ApiController.ExecuteAsync(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.SendAsyncInternal(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
have a read of this How can I enrich object composition in StructureMap without invoking setter injection?
It explains a similar scenario.
Of course, hyprlinkr has it's ctor arg for HttpRequestMessage called "request", so I do need to specify the anon object with that property name.
Any ideas?